Drug War Chronicle #1150 - January 27, 2022
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These States Could Legalize Marijuana via the Ballot Box in 2022 [FEATURE]
A new year brings a new slate of potential state-level marijuana legalization initiatives.
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Medical Marijuana Update
Fourteen months after voters approved medical marijuana at the polls only to see it thrown out by the state Supreme Court, Mississippi legislators have reached an agreement on a medical marijuana bill, and more.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A sticky-fingered former Kentucky sheriff is in trouble, a former Connecticut cop gets nailed for helping out a target of a DEA drug investigation, and more.
Colombian coca farmers will not have to worry about having toxic herbicides dumped on their fields. (DEA)
MS House Passes MedMJ Bill, MO Drug Decrim Bill Filed, More... (1/20/22)
A marijuana services company has filed a federal lawsuit over massive cash seizures by cops in California and Kansas, the Colombian Constitutional Court puts the kibosh on spraying coca crops with herbicide, and more.
Psilocybin mushrooms could be decriminalized under a New Hampshire bill. (Creative Commons)
DEA Proposes Scheduling Five Tryptamines, RI Governor to Push for Marijuana Legalization, More... (1/21/22)
Legislators in a pair of red states attempt to deal with mounting pressure for medical marijuana, a Washington state bill moves to end employment-related marijuana testing, and more.
The South Carolina will -- after seven years -- debate a medical marijuana bill this week. (Creative Commons)
VA GOP Bill Would Gut Marijuana Social Equity Funding, Mexico Murders May Have Peaked, More... (1/24/22)
North Dakota marijuana initiative campaigners will have to go back to the drawing board, social equity funding is on the chopping block in Virginia's GOP marijuana implementation bill, and more.
South Dakota medical marijuana patients will not be able to grow this at home under a bill that just passed the House. (CC)
SD House Votes to Ban MedMJ Home Grows, MN Usual Suspects Form Anti-Marijuana Coalition, More... (1/25/22)
Life just got a bit easier for Empire State medical marijuana patients, a Wisconsin GOP lawmaker wants to reinstate drug testing for some welfare recipients, and more.
Psilocybin mushrooms got some attention in Seattle, Oklahoma City and Richmond this week. (Creative Commons)
MS Lawmakers Reach Agreement on MedMJ Bill, Seattle City Council Approves Psychedelic Decrim, More... (1/26/22)
Thailand takes another big step toward marijuana decriminalization, San Francisco is turning a blind eye to drug use at a Tenderloin services center, and more.
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